Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-11
THE VOLUNTEER.

General Payne's Yacht, that is Destined eo5
Try Conclusions with the Thistle, an
Easy Winner I'm Splendid Race on Now
port, II. l., for the Goelet Cup.
NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 6--The race for
the Goelet cup yesterday was decided
success. The wind was fresh from the
southwest and it was good all day, with
ont fiukes of any consequence. The course
was what is known as the Sow land Pigs
and the Hen Chickens which, with yester-
DAYS wind gave a long beat tor windward
to the Sow and Pigs light ship at the en-
trance to Vineyard Sound, nineteen miles,
a run before the wind across the mouth OF
the sound to the Hen and Chickens four
and a half miles, and a reach ome seven
teen miles long, the finish being at Bren-
toms reef light ship, about four miles east
of the starting line off Beaver Tail.
Twenty lone yachts started, of which
seven were schooners and the rest sloopsS
and cutters, including the big flyers, Vol
unteer, Mayfower, Puritan, Atlantic ana
Priscilla, the cutters Bedouin and Stran-
GER the sloop Oracle and the new Burgess
boat Titania.
The boats of chief interest in the
schooner class were the Sachem, the
Iroquis and the Palmer. The Sachem was
the favorite and she won.
The sloop Volunteer although new ana
untried, this being her maiden race, was
the favorite in her class, and she won
sasily.
The interest of course, was center ed In
the performance of the Volunteer, and her
hosts of admirers were by no means dis
appointed for the way the "new single
sticker" showed the other flyers her heels
proved that she will be the wonder OF the
yachting world.
The starting gun was fired at 1913 q. mr.
and all of the yachts, with the exception
of the Oracle, Stranger, Fanny and Con-
cord, got over the line without handicap.
The Puritan crossed first and led the fleet
almost to the Sow and Pigs. The Volun-
teer, Mayflower and Atlantic were among
the last to start, but they all crept up, and
as the Volunteer made the first turn at the
Sow and Pigs without having to tack, She
got big lead on the Puritan, the only
boat in the feet left for he
to pass when the Sow ana
Pig lightship was reached. In the same
way the Mayfower caught up with the
Puritan, but was unable to pass her. The
Priscilla was left far behind the other
three big ones. The Puritan's owner, Mr.
j. Malcolm Forbes, sailed her. The May
flower was sailed only fairly well by her
skipper, Captain Craven; Mr.. j. Cass-
Garfield sailed his own yacht, the Pris-
ella, and the Volunteer did her splendid
The Volunteer was badly crowded among
the schooners at the start, and lost time
there, and it is generally thought she is at
least eight minutes better than the May
flower.
The cutter Bedouin was among the small
er sloops, although, of course, there was
no prize for her, the Goelet cup being for
schooner and sloop winners without dis
tinction of class. The cutter Stranger was
second to the Bedouia, and if it had not
been for her heavy handicap, six minutes.
she would have beaten every thing but the
Volunteer on corrected ime.
In the schooner class the Palmer started.
first, and although she crept ahead little'
she failed to gain much on her smaller
rival who chung to her, and with the time
allowance easily won the cup.
On board Commodore Gerry's flagship,
Electra, with other guests, was George L..
Schuyler, the only surviving donor of the
America cup to the New York Yacht
Club, and at one time part owner of the
America herself.
The following time table gives the ac--
curate time Of the winning and principal
yachts in the race: